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• 16 May 2012

• News: Android, Samsung top smartphone sales, topping Apple's iPhone

  Android smartphones made up 56% of the global smartphones sold to end users in the first quarter of 2012, giving them a far higher share than the 22.9% held by Apple's runner-up iPhone, Gartner said Wednesday.

• News: Google search will incorporate 'knowledge graph' into main search results

  Google will begin in the next few days to incorporate the "knowledge graph" it has been building for two years into its search results .

• News: Consumerization trends hit IT service management

  While the technology is moving forward, some still struggle with how to implement and integrate tools meant to help them get a grip on IT processes.

• News: Microsoft tunes up Windows 8 multi-screen

  When Microsoft launches Windows 8 Release Preview next month the operating system will have improved navigation features for users who like more than one monitor to display all their applications.

• News: From laptop to legion - turning one computer into many

  A recently launched Kickstarter-funded project aims to bring $50 thin clients to schools and small businesses, allowing them to turn almost any computer into a multi-user hub.

• News: T-Mobile cuts 900 jobs in restructuring

  T-Mobile USA will cut 900 jobs in a restructuring on top of a 1,900-job reduction at its call centers that was announced in March.

• Video: Video: The Byte - Lenovo, Intel ThinkPad, Verizon spectrum licenses, USPS regulation, Twitter digest

  Lenovo is working with Intel on a future ThinkPad tablet based on Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system. A coalition formed to oppose Verizon's proposed purchase of 3.6 billion dollars worth of spectrum licenses. The U.S. Postal Service will no longer ship iPads, iPhones, or laptops overseas. Twitter will begin delivering a weekly email digest.

• News: WD releases 500GB, 750GB, 1TB and 2TB My Passport USB 3.0 portable drives

  Available in five colours: white, black, silver, blue, and red.

• News: What iOS 6 might mean for Maps

  That Apple is working on a substantial update to its Maps app seems a foregone conclusion at this point. But aside from the occasional vague rumor, any features that might be contained in such an update have remained shrouded in shadow.

• News: SAP puts its HANA in-memory database in the spotlight

  SAP seems to be betting its future on its HANA in-memory database, spotlighting the technology once again at the Sapphire conference in Orlando Wednesday, announcing a slew of new applications, partnerships and functional enhancements for the system.

• News: HP to sell second-hand kit to firms from new Scottish centre

  HP has opened a "technology renewal" centre in Erskine, Scotland to sell second-hand kit to government and enterprise customers. The centre will also be used to refurbish kit and recycle unwanted equipment from any manufacturer.

• News: CERN automates application development with Electric Cloud

  The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) is using automation technology from Electric Cloud to accelerate the application development efforts of more than 10,000 users of its ROOT software.

• News: Developing world fuels rise in software piracy, claims BSA

  Four out of every ten programs used in the world are pirated or unlicensed, a loss of revenue to the software industry of $63.4 billion (£39.5 billion) a year, the Business Software Alliance’s (BSA) latest annual study has calculated.

• News: Reed Recruitment upgrades to VoIP system

  Reed Recruitment has extended a contract with Azzurri Communications for the provision of a network and telecoms managed service.

• News: Compuware brings APM to cloud and Big Data applications

  Mainframe software company Compuware has updated its dynaTrace Enterprise product to enable organisations to simplify performance management of cloud and Big Data applications.

• News: Wozniak reveals why Steve Jobs loved secrecy

  Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has set off on his Woz Live tour across Australia and New Zealand, revealing why Steve Jobs liked secrecy, why he thinks computers should be able to interact with humans, how he feels about leaving Apple and what he knows about the iPhone 5.

• News: Facebook raises stock offering, shoots for $18.5B with IPO

  Facebook is working to increase the size of its IPO by 85 million shares, an increase could lift the company's upcoming offering to about $18.5 billion.

• News: Greenpeace infiltrates Apple's Cupertino campus

  Greenpeace infiltrated Apple’s Cupertino campus this week, projecting messages from Twitter and Facebook users who are dismayed at Apple’s use of coal at the data centre that powers its cloud services.

• News: HTC One X, Evo 4G LTE Denied U.S. Entry Over Patent Dispute

  U.S. Customs is holding up imports of HTC's One X and Evo 4G LTE Android phones because of HTC's ongoing legal battle with Apple. "U.S. availability of the HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE has been delayed due to a standard U.S. Customs review of shipments that is required after an ITC (International Trade Commission) exclusion order," an HTC official told PCWorld. "We believe we are in compliance with the ruling and HTC is working closely with Customs to secure approval."

• News: Remains of the Day: Crazy like a Foxconn

  Foxconn's CEO didn't say what you think he said, the Supremes shut down Psystar, and more states pile on Apple in the ebook price-fixing case. The remainders for Tuesday, May 15, 2012 are so crazy they're sane.

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